When it was announced that Gran Turismo 5 would have car damage there was a unified cry among gamers of “Finally!”. We were happy, we could race on beautifully rendered tracks crashing into each other and seeing the damage casued. That was enough, right?

Well, Polyphony Digital has a surprise for racers. Not only will you be racing and damaging your cars, but there’s the option to create your own tracks with an included editor.

Confirmation of the track creation tool was made by Shuhei Yoshida, president of SCE Worldwide Studios, during an interview with PlayStation.com. When asked the question “What can we look forward to when Gran Turismo 5 releases on PlayStation 3?” he responded by saying:

Gran Turismo 5 will offer gamers an experience more rich, more in-depth and more exciting than they might expect – even from a series as closely identified with innovation and invention as Gran Turismo. Not only will Gran Turismo 5 deliver an even more comprehensive set of cars and courses than gamers saw with previous iterations, it will also feature new game-enhancing graphical effects such as damage, night racing and weather.

These innovations are twinned with the option to join millions of like-minded individuals globally within the Gran Turismo community and to find a driving experience to suit, whether that is taking on the Top Gear test track, chucking cars around stunt arenas, go-karting, creating and sharing your own track or intense head-to-head races. Who, where and what to drive is completely down to the individual.